BEING WITH JESUS
Memorise: Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am
meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Matthew 11:29
Read: Acts 4:13-14, 13 Now when they saw the boldness of
Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they
marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with
them, they could say nothing against it
Bible in one
year: Deuteronomy 7:1-9:12, Job 3:3-19
MESSAGE!!!
It is one
thing to answer the call of Jesus Christ, and it is another thing to stay put
with Him after we answer the call. There are casual followers of Jesus Christ
and there are die-hard followers as well. The casual followers of Jesus Christ
have their reasons for causally follow Him. One of it may be because they
cannot live by the ideals that Jesus teaches in His gospel. Being with Jesus
means living by His teachings, He once lamented.
“And why call
ye me, Lord Lord, and do not the things which I say?”
Luke 6:46
Many call
Jesus “Lord” with their mouths but indeed, they do not regard Him as the Lord
of their lives. This is why, for the avoidance of doubt, Jesus said:
“….If ye
continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed: And ye shall know the
truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:31-32
Two things
are clear from our Bible reading for today; the first is, if you have been with
Jesus indeed, boldness will be your
trademark.
The Bible says:
“For ye have
not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the
Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”
Romans 8:15
When a
so-called child of God is living in fear, we must check out whether indeed he
has been with Jesus. Secondly; someone who has been with Jesus lives a daily
miraculous life, that is another trademark of genuine followers of Jesus
Christ. The Bible says:
“And
beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing
against it.”
Acts 4:14
I have taught
my children in the School of Disciples that we can do more than Jesus did
according to His promise. When we believe this, we stop being caricatures of
His Ambassadors on earth. Then, we shall bring the whole world to their knees,
when we confidently tell them that Jesus is Lord. We are indeed the light and
salt of the world if we chose to be with Jesus, living according to His ideals.
Two great blessings of being with Jesus are; we shall learn of Him and when we
learn of Him, we shall find rest for our souls. Come to Jesus today and decide
to stay put. Don’t be a casual or temporary follower of Jesus Christ.
Action Point
Make up your mind
to live the rest of your life for and with Jesus today and you will be a
blessed person
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